US gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar sentenced to 175 years in jail after admitting to sexually assaulting scores of young athletes

FORMER US gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar has been sentenced to 175 years in jail after being convicted of sexually assaulting scores of women.

Sentencing, Judge Rosemarie Aquilina told the beast she had "just signed his death warrant" because he "did not deserve to walk outside a prison ever again" after delivering a searing rebuke of his years of abuse.

Judge Rosemarie Aquilina earlier reading a portion of a letter from Nassar where he apologized... but this did little to affect his sentencing outcome

A prosecutor earlier said Nassar found competitive gymnastics to be a "perfect place" for his crimes because victims saw him as a "god" in the sport.

"It takes some kind of sick perversion to not only assault a child but to do so with her parent in the room," prosecutor Angela Povilaitis said, and "to do so while a lineup of eager young gymnasts waited".

She described the "breadth and ripple" of Nassar's sexual abuse as "nearly infinite".

"What does it say about our society that victims of sexual abuse have to hide their pain for years when they did nothing wrong?

What does it say about our society when victims do come forward ... and are treated as liars until proven true?" Ms Povilaitis said.

Victims look on as the sex attacker faces justice for his despicable crimes against scores of young athletes

Nassar turned to the courtroom gallery to make a brief statement, saying that the accounts of more than 150 victims had "shaken me to my core." He said "no words" can describe how sorry he is for his crimes.

"I will carry your words with me for the rest of my days" he said as many of his accusers wept.

He faces a minimum prison term of 25 to 40 years.

One of the first athletes to publicly accuse Nassar of sexual assault was the last victim to offer statements at his sentencing hearing.

Victim Rachael Denhollander listens as her abuser is sentenced to die in prison

Rachael Denhollander is a Kentucky lawyer who stepped forward in 2016 after the sports' governing body was accused of mishandling complaints of sexual assault. She said Nassar groped, fondled and penetrated her with his hands when she was a 15-year-old gymnast in Michigan.

Denhollander's statements to Michigan State University police put the criminal investigation in high gear in 2016.

"You have become a man ruled by selfish and perverted desires," she told Nassar, who worked at the university and USA Gymnastics, the governing body that also trains Olympians.

Former US gymnast Mattie Larson breaks down in court as she earlier gave evidence against paedo doctor Larry Nassar

One of the athletes to accuse Nassar of sexual assault was among the last of more than 150 victims to offer statements at his sentencing hearing.

US sportswoman Mattie Larson said tried to give herself concussion – just so she could avoid attending the national camp run by the sex fiend.

Giving evidence in court yesterday, Larson recalled the horrific assaults she was forced to endure starting at the age of 14 while she attended the Karolyi Ranch in Texas to train at the national camp.

She said: “I was taking a bath when I decided to splash water on the floor and bang my head as hard as I could on the tub so it looked like I slipped.

“I was willing to physically hurt myself to get out of the abuse that I received at the ranch.”

She added: “I eventually spiralled into a very intense and destructive eating disorder for six years.”

Larson with her former Karolyis camp teammates (left to right): Larson, Aly Raisman, Alicia Sacramone, and Bridget Sloane in January 2011)

Larson also revealed that a USA Gymnastics representative was in the room while she was assaulted by Nassar.

It all became too much for the gymnast, who revealed she stepped away from the sport in 2010 shortly after her bathroom episode, despite having just won the national title in floor exercise and earning second in the world at that apparatus.

Unleashing on Nassar, Larson said: “I trusted you, I believed you were a kind person.

“Your kindness was simply a ploy to molest me every chance you got.”

Emotional Larson then looked right at Nassar and added: “Larry, I can't even put into words how much I f***ing hate you.

“Larry, my coaches, and USAG, turned the sport I loved into my personal living hell.”

She then talked about first attending the national camp in Texas, where at the age of 10 she would call her parents sobbing to come home.

She said: “I dreaded having to go back every single time for the next nine years."